Mastering Visual Studio 2017

Mastering Visual Studio 2017 – If you are new to Visual Studio (or even if you have used Visual Studio from the beginning) there is a fantastic book authored by Kunal Chowdhury that belongs on every good developer’s bookshelf. The book titled Mastering Visual Studio 2017 (get it on Amazon) is a page turner, and definitely makes for very good reading.

Mastering Visual Studio 2017

The book covers all the angles and I was incredibly fortunate to have been the technical reviewer on the project. Having authored some books myself, I can attest to the quality of the publications that come from Packt Publishing. The quality of the content in this book is true to the standard that Packt Publishing produces.

The chapters that the book covers are:

What’s new in Visual Studio 2017 IDE

What’s new in C# 7.0

Building applications for Windows using XAML Tools

Building applications for Windows 10 using UWP Tools

Building application with .NET Core

Managing NuGet packages

Debugging applications with Visual Studio 2017

Testing applications with Visual Studio 2017

Accelerate cloud development with Windows Azure

Working with source controls

As you should know by now, Visual Studio 2017 brings developers the new features of C# 7.0. Kunal does a fantastic job of explaining the new goodies in the language. Looking at the table of contents, you will see that the book makes great use of the chapters available. It is impossible to cover all there is to cover in a single book, but Kunal checked all the boxes on this one. He gives developers just the right amount of content to get them up to speed quickly.

Final Thoughts

I believe that developers should continually keep on learning. It is the lifeblood of a great developer. Keeping your finger on the pulse of what is going on in the world of tech, will keep the spark alive and keep developers hungry and yearning for more knowledge. Never stop learning.

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Dirk is a Software Developer and Microsoft MVP from South Africa. He loves all things Technology and is slightly addicted to Twitter and Jimi Hendrix. Apart from writing code, he also enjoys writing human readable articles. "I love sharing knowledge and connecting with people from around the world. It's the diversity that makes life so beautiful." Dirk feels very strongly that pizza is simply not complete without Tabasco, that you can never have too much garlic, and that cooking the perfect steak is an art he has yet to master.